Improved curtain and map-fixture



JAMES WILLIAM BURNS, O-F MEDWAY, OHIO.

Letters Patent No. 99,151, dated 'January 25, 1870.

IMPROVED CURTAIN AND MAP-FIXTURE.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making peut of the same To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAMES WILLIAM BURNS, of Medway, in the count-y of Clark, and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Curtain and Map-Fixtures; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to Jthe letters of reference marked thereon.

This invention consists in the arrangement of certain simple devices, hereinafter fully described, in such manner that a curtain or map may be so-hung as to be rolled up from the bottom, or lowered from the top, at will, and, at the same time, remain stationary in any position in which it may be xed.

In the drawings- Figure l represents a front elevation of a windowframe with a curtain hung in my improved method, and

Figure 2, a central vertical section of the same.

Toenable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will Vnow proceed to describe my invention. v

A represents a window-flame of the ordinary construction.

B represents a curtain or map, which is provided, at the bottom, with a roller, l, and at the top with a rod or bar, b'.

c c c c represent screw-rings, which are aiiixed to the frame at the centre and sides, as shown.

al d represent the centre cords,`the upper ends of which are attached to the top rod of the curtain at its centre. The other ends, after passing about the curtain, and through the cent-re ring c c, is provided with a weighted-tassel, as shown.

e e represent theside cords, the upper ends of which are attached to the rod of the curtain, as shown, their lower ends also being provided with weighted tassels.

The operation is as follows:

It' it is desired to roll up the curtain, supposing it to be down, the centre cord is pulled until the curtain is sufficiently raised. It it is desired to lower it from the top, the side cords are simply raised. l

It will be at once perceived that the curtain may beplaced in any desired position by the proper manipulation of the cords.

The tassels should be so weighted as tobalance the curtain or map.'

By the simple arrangement herein described, a map or curtain may be-hung at a very small expense, and yet be capable of being easily operated frornthe top or bottom, at will.

I am well aware that the separate elements of my invention are old in themselves, and I do not, therefore, claim them; but, having thus fully described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

'In combination with the cords l d, for rolling the curtain from the bottom, the cords c e and rings c c, for operating the bar b from the top, as described, for the purpose set forth.

This specification 'signed and witnessed, this 9th day of September, 1869.

' JAMES WM. BURNS.

,IVitn esses v PHINEAS G. BURNS, JEREMIAH GAIN. 

